About Pustaka

In the book Short Guide to the Museum in Royal Batavia Society of Arts And Sciences 1948 by A. N. J. Th. à. Th. Van Der Hoop. In the introduce chapter about The Library say’s as the largest in the country, it’s contain an extensive collection of the book in the field’s of philology, ethnology, history, archaeology, literature, law and many any subject. From the beginning attempt have been made to collect everything printed in the Indian Archipelago regardless of the subject; the library possesses an exhaustive collection of complete series of papers and periodicals of all kinds. moreover the libraries of the combined faculties of law and letters have found a place in the library. The Library is a part of Bataviaasch Genootschap which is stand from 1778 to 1950, the collections which can be found in the library was donations from JACOBUS CORNELIS MATTHEUS RADERMACHER (1741 – 24 December 1783).

Later after the Independent of Indonesia, from 1962 The Library was organized by Lembaga Kebudayaan Indonesia in Museum Pusat Jakarta until 1979. In the 1980, The Library Organized by Museum Nasional Until 1986, then organization is devided with Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia. Until 1987 the original part of Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia still operating in Museum Nasional. From 1986 to 2017, Museum Nasional Library running for internal purposes only, some time serve a special request. Start in the end of 2017, tried to change the service become public service and digitize the service as a Public Sector Government.